The main aim of the scheme is to identify students who show potential and expose them to the scientific environment of the universities and research institutes.

Under this scheme, 40 young students studying IX std. in Government and Panchayat Schools located in our State are selected based on the performance in a written test containing objective type questions.

They are given special exposure to science subjects such as :

for a period of one month during summer vacation (May) by highly qualified faculty members of the Universities or Colleges. The students are given theoretical instruction during morning sessions and the afternoons are spent on practical work where they are allowed to do the experiments independently.

Each student is attached to a mentor who will guide him or her in pursuing a scientific career. An exhibition of the models made by the students during the course is arranged during the valedictory function of the programme.

The students are provided with boarding and lodging at universities or colleges in the districts where the programmes are organised.